The Congressional District Office: A Study of the District Operations of Two U.S. Congressmen

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The heart and soul of a congressman, what sets him apart from
other representatives, is his ideology and his style. His ideology
is what he believes in and the things he wants to accomplish while
in office. The member's at-home behavior, and the image he projects
through appearances, actions, and the media constitute his particular
"home style." The congressman's personal contacts, however, are not the
only way he communicates and projects his ideology and his style. One
institution through which these things are projected is the congressman's
district office.
It is this institution which. will be explored in this paper. We
will examine the district offices of Mark Siljander of the 4th district
of Michigan, and Howard Wolpe of the 3rd Michigan district, and through
comparing and contrasting these two individual operations, hope to make
some generalizations about district office as a whole. We especially
wish to examine the relationship of the congressman and the district
office, and evaluate the ways the representative is able or mabIe to
institute his ideology and style into the district office.

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